For hotelier Martin Lenikus, his managing director Axel F. Pawlas and his team - oenologist Erich Franz and sales and product manager Christian Schmalvogl - growing wine in Vienna means embarking on a cost-intensive adventure. Its unique setting is integral to the young organic and vegan company, with vineyards set within the city limits of a metropolis. The winery's meticulously cared for, old, well-established metre-deep vines with small yields located in Vienna's famous Nussberg area highlights this affinity - such as its Erinnerungsgarten vineyard. The soils of these vineyards are rarities in themselves. Hardly any other region has such diversity in such a small area: loess, slate, shell limestone, primary rock, etc. - along with an outstanding repertoire for producing top-class wines with an unmistakable Viennese touch. Speaking of the Viennese touch: in order to visually represent the different characters of the soils and wines, emblematic symbols (Viennese life forms, who have walked, swam or flew over the vineyards many millions of years ago) were chosen to embody the different terroirs, effectively acting as ambassadors to the winery.
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